What VADAR offers.
Provide better service to your constituents who can track, manage, and pay for utility services online
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Access and analyze critical water and sewer usage and consumption data
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Automatically produce integrated utility bills with combined receivable types (Water/ Sewer/ Stormwater/ Trash)
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Add accounts, record meter readings, generate work order invoices, even track meter changes and “swap outs”
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Reduce manual entry and the errors that come with it
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And more
Good luck. Water and Electricity don't mix. But the merger got Skelton a much fatter pension.
ReplyDeleteWater and Sewer should be together. But Templeton was run wrong and Skelton saw his chance. We're gonna need a gigantic jaws of life to get them apart.
If Vadar Systems work for all and the Town, Sewer use Vadar, it would seem more logical for light and Water to use Vadar to keep things consistent?
ReplyDeleteIt would also seem to be more cost effective overall.
"Cost effective" is simply meaningless bs without identifying actual, countable Savings. It's only "cost effective" if the cost of operating a department is lowered.
ReplyDeleteMaking life easier for lazy municipal employees isn't of itself "cost effective".
Can you buy 2 financial software packages for less than you can buy one ? Can you convert information from one system to another cheaper than within the same system? Is training people to operate 2 systems cheaper than one?
DeleteC'mon, you sound like your just mad at town employees or blind support of doing nothing.
Show me the figures that demonstrate that this is "cost effective".
ReplyDelete"Cost effective" is a filler term, seldom backed up with any balance sheet data.
Know any other examples of "cost effective" Templeton initiatives? Wood chip boiler, Wind Turbine. Chief Bennett handing down ex cruisers. Hiring a "Fellow" to learn on the job from the disaster that was Carter Terrezini.
I completely agree that in the past Templeton has allowed some very foolish things. The Board just recently stopped the "handing down of ex cruisers" as it was originally set up and changed by old TA/Selectboard, The Board hired a trained, qualified TA rather than an interim or trainee!
ReplyDeleteWe got the guy from W. Boylston. He got into a dispute with the Police Chief in first couple months on the job over a flag and that Board fired him. That is Templeton version of qualified. This town is a joke.
ReplyDeleteIn the last year+ West Boylston has had 1 interim and 2 hired TA's to be back with Carter Terenzini on an interim basis right now........... Feel free to move there
DeleteSounds like Templeton
DeleteIn West Boylston, Massachusetts, a small town in Worcester County with a population of around 8,000, a notable dispute unfolded in early 2025 between newly appointed Town Administrator James Ryan and longtime Police Chief Dennis Minnich Sr. The conflict centered on a Donald Trump campaign flag displayed in the private gym area of the police station, which is not accessible to the public.
ReplyDeleteThe incident began in late January 2025 when Ryan, during a routine tour of municipal buildings shortly after starting his role, spotted the flag and instructed Minnich to remove it the following day, citing concerns over political displays in town facilities. Minnich reportedly complied but became upset when Ryan later sent a town employee into the station without the chief's knowledge to verify the flag's removal, viewing it as an unauthorized intrusion. This escalated tensions, prompting Minnich to place himself on administrative leave on February 14, 2025, and refuse to return until Ryan was removed from his position. The local police union subsequently passed a vote of no confidence in Ryan, and the chief filed a formal complaint against him.
The controversy divided the community, drawing media attention and public debate over issues like free speech, political neutrality in public buildings, and authority boundaries. On February 24, 2025, the West Boylston Select Board held a hearing and voted 4-1 to terminate Ryan's contract, effectively firing him after just a few weeks on the job. Minnich returned to duty shortly afterward.
In September 2025, Ryan filed a lawsuit against the town, the Select Board, and Chief Minnich, alleging wrongful termination, defamation, and retaliation for exercising his authority. The suit claims the firing violated his First Amendment rights and seeks over $1 million in damages, including lost wages and emotional distress. As of early 2026, the case appears to be ongoing, with no reported resolution.
Public reactions on social media and in local reports were mixed, with some viewing Ryan's actions as overreach and others seeing the flag as inappropriate in a government building. The town has since appointed a new administrator, and operations have returned to normal, though the episode highlighted ongoing national divides over political symbols in public service roles.
Ryan likes taking tours.
DeleteDisplaying Political signs on public property is prohibited. A gym, bathroom or closet in a public building is still a Prohibition because its a public building and in this case the flag was hung by a public official.
ReplyDeleteThe Selectboard decided to protect the long time Chief over the new TA to the detriment of the Taxpayers.
Now the Interim TA in West Boylston, MA is Carter Terenzini!
The TA was correct in Having the sign removed from a Public Building.
FYI, West Boylston hired another TA in April 2025 who resigned 6 months later and was then hired by Rutland.
The question is, do you want your TA following the law or not. I prefer a TA that follows the Law. West Boylston's Selectboard most likely cost the Town 100's of thousands in legal fees and settlements.......
You want Town Administrator enforcing laws now. He will probably sue Templeton next. Good luck.
DeleteI would agree with that were I assured that no public property in that town had Leftwing Fascist symbols displayed. No gay pride flags in any town office. No NEA or Mass Teachers Association signs. Nothing. I'm skeptical because this is Massachusetts and towns fly Fruit Flags on town owned poles all over this state.
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